Diagnosing the energy cascade in a model of the North Atlantic

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Schlosser F ^a   Eden, C ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETIC ENERGY; OCEANOGRAPHY; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

EDDY-RESOLVING MODEL; ENERGY FLUX; KINETIC ENERGY DENSITY; ROSSBY RADIUS;

GEOPHYSICS;

ENERGY FLUX; INVERSE ANALYSIS; KINETIC ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH);

EID: 34548047443     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027813     Document Type: Article

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